Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (EU)

Deep Silver community manager here. Last night, Sacred 2 Gold finally went live on Steam. We've stripped the DRM from this version as a bonus. It's currently also part of our Deep Silver catalogue Steam sale for 50% off. Merry Christmas!
Please note that...

I've tried all the win7 fixes. It will run for an hour, or two, then crash. With a game like this, that isn't easy to save without losing your position, a crash is super annoying. Crashed again just now and figured, screw it, uninstall.

I have just noticed this game going on sale on Steam, but as Sacred 2: Gold. I had Fallen Angel from waaaay back, and thought I'd play it with my friend. However, we cannot seem to make a connection between each other. We were trying to connect over Hamac...

Any reason that previous owners of Sacred 2 don't just get the updated version automatically? Repurchasing makes no sense.. If it has more content, maybe charging $5 to upgrade to the new version might make more sense.